5:03 AM,
May 18, 2013

Michael Angarano and Julianne Moore appear in a scene from the motion picture 'The English Teacher.'
Nicole Rivelli, Cinedigm

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Claudia Puig, USA TODAY

The title character in the lightly comic The English Teacher is a 45-year-old single woman whose zealous devotion to her job precludes nearly everything else.

She reads Jane Austen and swoons, but there's no real-life romance in her life. An exacting person, Linda Sinclair (Julianne Moore) goes on a series of first dates and mentally grades her suitors: F for the narcissist who doesn't pay for dinner, C for having a bad mustache.

Fortunately, the marks are above average for this big-screen debut (* * * out of four; rated R; opens Friday in select cities) of director Craig Zisk, best-known as ...